Thousands have been killed by Houthi forces in Yemen between 2019 and 2020, according to the latest report by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED).
ACLED’s annual review reviews the past 12 months of data on political violence and demonstration activity around the world. Despite the overall decline, political violence actually increased in nearly half (49%) of all countries covered by ACLED. The countries that experienced the most violence in 2020 – Syria, Yemen, Ukraine, Mexico, and Afghanistan – are the same countries that topped the list in 2019.
in Yemen, ACLED found that 1,273 events with “direct civilian targeting” by the “primary perpetrator of this violence in this country” – Houthi military forces – resulted in 1,268 reported civilian fatalities in 2019-2020.
This data includes explosions and remote violence such as remove explosions, landmine and improvised explosive device (IED) violence, the project said.
Whilst it said its classification does not imply legitimacy, ACLED said it treats the forces allied with both the government of President Hadi and the Houthi-led executive bodies as state forces in Yemen, as it currently exist two distinct governing authorities exercising de facto control over different portions of Yemeni territory.
Read or download ACLED’s 2020 Year In Review report here.
